{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hudson.house.gov/press-releases/hudson-announces-2023-congressional-app-challenge-winners", "Hudson Announces 2023 Congressional App Challenge Winners", "2023-12-07", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "NC", "Richard Hudson", "H001067", "hudson.house.gov", "hudson", "https://hudson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 In recognition of Computer Science Education Week, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) today announced the winners of the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for North Carolina\u2019s 9th District.\n\n\u201cThe Congressional App Challenge is a great opportunity for our region\u2019s middle and high school students to showcase their creativity and computer skills on the national level,\u201d said Rep. Hudson. \u201cCongratulations to this year's winners from Lee County High School for their innovative app design, and thank you to all of our region\u2019s students who participated in this year\u2019s competition.\u201d\n\nBelow are the winning selections for North Carolina\u2019s 9th District:\n\n1st Place:\n\nErik Mejia, Jose Martinez Lopez, and Juan Gomez from Lee County High School in Sanford.\n\nClassConnect, an app designed with the primary goal of enhancing the efficiency of student grouping for teachers, ultimately improving collaboration and social interaction.\n\n2nd Place:\n\nJy'Mir Fuller from Jordan-Matthews High School in Siler City.\n\nAn app designed for a local small business to streamline services for increased customer convenience.\n\nThe Congressional App Challenge was launched by the U.S. House of Representatives to encourage student innovation and engagement in computer science and STEM. This national effort seeks to inspire students from every corner of the country to explore coding and computer science through hands-on practice by creating an app.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hudson.house.gov/press-releases/hudson-announces-2023-congressional-app-challenge-winners"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9229979477822781, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}